January 31, 2012, 1:19 pm
NEW YORK -- As promised by Apple in June when they introduced Final Cut Pro X, the new release cycle for the product would be pretty consistent and frequent. With an update in September and a bug fix in November, this morning Cupertino's Apple made available on the Mac App Store Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3, with more tools targeted at the pro market, including multicam editing, syncing of footage for timecode via scratch audio, layered PSD files within FCP X and a third-party plug-in that allows...

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June 19, 2017, 1:11 pm
BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Outpost VFX (outpostvfx.co.uk) delivered over 420 VFX shots for Johannes Roberts’ new intense survival film, 47 Meters Down. The studio served as the sole VFX vendor for the film, which was released on June 16th.

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June 13, 2017, 9:07 am
SANTA MONICA & NEW YORK CITY — Bicoastal editorial company Arcade (www.arcadeedit.com) welcomes creative editor Graham Chisholm to their team. His vibrant career began in Montreal, where he worked for three years before moving to Toronto to continue perfecting his craft.

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June 10, 2017, 3:54 am
LOS ANGELES — PHD is a new collective headed up by visual effects veterans John Hughes (founder Rhythm and Hues), and Helena Packer, along with film/TV/commercial director Kevin Donovan. The company will act as a full service post production house working across the genres of VR/AR, independent films, documentaries, select TV projects, and commercials. They will also offers clients live action production services.

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June 6, 2017, 12:30 pm
LOS ANGELES — At Cine Gear Expo 2017 at Paramount in Hollywood, Radiant Images (www.radiantimages.com) showed a number of its VR solutions as well as presented a 360 livestream of the event. Radiant Images is a provider of 2D, 360 and immersive technology solutions. At the show, they partnered with Nokia, Voysys, HEAR360 and Finwe to create and broadcast an enhanced 360 livestream.

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May 26, 2017, 5:11 pm
LONDON — Framestore once again voyaged into space to team up with Ridley Scott on the highly anticipated science-fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. The 20th Century Fox film features 295 shots containing futuristic VFX work by the Framestore team. Their work included the build of the Covenant ship, its environment, as well as tackling the cult horror creatures the Facehugger and the Chestburster.

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May 26, 2017, 5:05 am
NEW YORK CITY — Mixer/sound designer Rex Recker has joined the team at Digital Arts. The studio (digitalartsny.com) offers production space, editorial, mastering, finishing and audio post services. A former co-founder of AudioEngine and VP/audio post mixer at Photomag, Recker has worked on countless commercials, including those for clients such as McCann Erickson JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, DDB, HBO, and Warner Books, to name a few.

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May 25, 2017, 3:42 am
Shotgun's development has always been driven by close collaboration with our customers. By diving into the field, we get a better handle on how Shotgun is being used and get to see firsthand the challenges that keep customers up at night. Through these interactions, we uncover new solutions and establish best practices, which often make it into future Shotgun releases to benefit our entire user community.
We're passionate about production and truly understanding how to tackle t...

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May 24, 2017, 2:21 pm
NEW YORK — Cutters, the editorial division of Cutters Studios (www.cuttersstudios.com), has created a new promo for the National Hockey League. Spelling features more than 20 NHL legends, each of whom spells out the letters of their name, as engraved on the league’s Stanley Cup. Bobby Orr, Brett and Bobby Hull, Wayne Gretzky, and Mark Messier are just a few of the greats featured in the piece, which reinforces the pride players have in being a part of what might be considered the most re...

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May 24, 2017, 2:21 pm
NEW YORK CITY — Alkemy X, which has studios in Manhattan and Philadelphia, had added several new members to VFX division. VFX supervisor Steve Sanchez, VFX supervisor Gabriel Regentin, senior VFX producer Caitlyn Tomasik, VFX pipeline manager/R&D lead Luiz Garrido, compositor Alejandro Monzon, and VFX production coordinator Mitch Campbell have all joined the team and will be based out of the company’s New York office.